professional development plan 2013-2014 school year pcs-ns

Professional Development Plan2013-2014 school yearPCS-NS

Presented by:Sarah Mahon

By PresenterMedia.com

OverviewPresentation at a glance

School demographics, history, data

Detail about staff

Where we need to go, and how we will get there

Why this plan is necessary

FAQ’s

Staff

data

Current plan

Proposed plan

Where we are now and what we are doing

- 8th school of 10- Second year of operation- 250 students in grades k-5; will grow

to be k-8 with 400 students - 80% receive free or reduced lunch- 80% of students are African American- 20% of students have IEP’s- 79% passing rate on 2011-2012 PSSA

Math

•FAQ’s

-Rigor of tasks/student work analysis

-Student discourse

-Accountable talk

-Common assessments

-Common core standards

-Key components of a math lesson

-Goal setting

•Proposed Plan2013-2014

Time frame PD offered Content discussedFirst 10 days of in service -2 days of content specific PD

-1 day spent UICs and Common Core

Rigorous tasks (engaging and discussing in one: before school

starts, every 6 weeks, as well as 1 every other afternoon PD session)

Student discourse (looks like, sounds like)

Key components of a math lesson (time spent in each area- launch,

explore, discuss)

Student work analysis( analyze common assessments across

building for common mistakes, and essential understandings)

Common Core Standards(teachers work to create common

assessments based on essential learning by grade level)

Analysis of observations by coach, as well as by each other (teachers

watch videos of their lessons with the coach to analyze successes and

areas of growth)

Goal setting(beginning of year, revisit at each trimester, and

continue or set new goals) with coach and building principal

Trimester 1: (Aug – Nov) -2 PD days (afternoon)

-1 grade level district PD

-Network Connections

-Bi-weekly onsite student work discussions facilitated by coach

-Minimum 1 co-teaching session with coach with preconference and post conference

-1 observation of another math teacher

Trimester 2: (Dec – Mar) -2 PD days (afternoon)

-1 grade level district PD

-Network Connections

-Bi-weekly onsite student work discussions facilitated by coach

-Minimum 1 co-teaching session with coach with preconference and post conference

-1 observation of another math teacher

Trimester 3: (Mar – June) -2 PD days (afternoon)

-1 grade level district PD

-NCTM conference

-Bi-weekly onsite student work discussions facilitated by coach

-Minimum 1 co-teaching session with coach with preconference and post conference

-1 observation of another math teacher

• 2 teachers per grade level (90% have < 5 years experience)• 2 resource teachers (grades k-2, and grades 3-5)• 3 para professionals (1 grades k-2, and 2 grades 3-5)• 1 Title One interventionist grades k-5• 2 AmeriCorps Volunteer workers • 1 literacy coach• 1 guidance counselor• 1 admin assistant• 1 full time nurse• 2 administrators

•Staff

•Current Status of PD2012-2013 school year

• All teachers are required to work 220 days • (20 built in days and 40 more hours on

their own)

• Content and grade specific PLC’s meet for 2 hours every 6 weeks (math only)

• Mini Lesson• EnVision curriculum • Teacher created tasks

• Centers• 4-5 centers consisting of computers, ipads,

independent practice, guided practice…

•Math Block 90 minutes every day

•This year vs. next yearChanging the way we think about teaching

Targeted PD

•What will the PD look like? Before the school year

2 days of content specific PD

-1 day spent UICs and Common Core

Teachers will be introduced to a new lesson planning template that redefines the block allowing more time for discovery learning and student discourse

Teachers will work on defining rigorous tasks through a coach led task analysis

Teachers will work on rigorous tasks to experience what students are experiencing, then dialogue about their leanings with colleagues

•What will the PD look like? Before the school year

2 PD days (afternoon) per trimester

-1 grade level district PD per 6 weeks

-Network Connections, NCTM conference

-Bi-weekly onsite student work discussions facilitated by coach

-Minimum 2 co-teaching session with coach with preconference and post conference

-2 observations of another math teacher

•What will the PD look like? During the school year

•What will we hear and see? Math classrooms after 1 year of PD

Student End:

Students will be working with each other, not just next to each other.

Students will be using accountable talk strategies and will facilitate conversations

Students will make connections to prior concepts while explaining their work

Teacher End:

Teachers will be interacted with groups of students asking questions to further understandings.

Teachers will be engaged in accountable talk just as the students are

Teachers will meet in meetings to discuss common assessments and work samples

-Common Assessments-MAP data-4 sight data-Anecdotal data and notes-teacher comfort level with tasks and creating rigorous tasks

•How will we measure success?

Though we made AYP last year, our students started all over again this year with baseline scores of zero. To me, this says that students are not retaining what they have learned the year before, because they did not learn it in the best way.

Teachers has very little PD last year for math, and are getting some this year, enough to get their pallet whet, to set the stage for next year.

•Why is this necessary?